Canada is finally getting recognition in the Scrabble world with at least 25 words of Canadian origin added to the dictionary of official words, a list of the words legally playable in the popular board game.

The Canadianisms appearing in the dictionary’s first major update in nearly a decade are drawn from aboriginal culture — including the words “qulliq” and “inuksuk” — from our land and habitat — such as “frankum” and “agloo” — from our alternate spellings to the Americans — for example “centimetre” and “favourite” — and even our colourful regional expressions, such as “rubbydub” and “jeezely.”

More than 5,000 new words are included in the Fifth Edition of The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, published Wednesday by U.S.-based Merriam-Webster under license by Hasbro, Inc., the game’s maker.

Many of the new words come from the world of technology, including “hashtag,” “selfie,” “texter,” and “vlog,” according to a list of 30 new words released by the publisher Tuesday. Other new words are designed to appeal to younger players, including “bromance,” “chillax,” “dubstep,” and “frenemy.”

But a substantial subset of new words is derived from Canadian linguistic sources, the National Post has learned.

Each edition of the Scrabble dictionary is drawn from published and specialized dictionaries, but never before a Canadian one. For the first time, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd Edition), was a source, said John Chew, the Toronto-based co-president of the North American Scrabble Players Association and a consultant on the dictionary.

“So that meant an influx of Canadian words that both arouse patriotic feeling in me but also, because a lot of the words we are bringing in are of First Nations and Inuit origin, have a lot of unusual spellings, with lots of Ks and Qs, and that makes for a more interesting game,” said Mr. Chew.

“The reaction of the American players when we told them that we’re adding the word kayak but spelled [“qajaq,”] with two Qs and a J, was divided between outrage and glee.”

Using the letter Q to form a word gains a player 10 points, the highest value in the game, and the letter J is worth eight points.

One of the new Canadian words creating excitement in hardcore Scrabble circles — “quinzhee,” a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow — could give a player a total of 401 points (if it is played in the top row of the board, ending on the top right square, through a previously played letter U.) That’s a lot.

While “metre” and “kilometre” could already be spelled the Canadian way, ending with an RE, up until the forthcoming changes, “centimetre” and “millimetre” were not legal words, he said.

Although words are sourced as being of Canadian origin, many of the words, or their spellings, may be unfamiliar to many Canadians, largely because of their aboriginal and regional origins and usage.

The word “qulliq” is an Inuit lamp, “inuksuk” is a landmark of stacked stones; “frankum” is a Newfoundland word for gum made from hardened spruce resin and “agloo” is a breathing hole made in ice by a seal

The word “qulliq” is an Inuit lamp, “inuksuk” is a landmark of stacked stones; “frankum” is a Newfoundland word for gum made from hardened spruce resin and “agloo” is a breathing hole made in ice by a seal; “rubbydub” is an unkind word for an alcoholic who drinks non-beverage booze such as rubbing alcohol and “jeezely” is a temperate swear word.

Additional Canadian sourced words were deferred to the next edition, he said.

Also added to the new dictionary is the non-Canadian word “geocache,” meaning to search for hidden items by using a Global Positioning System, which was the winning word voted on by players in an online contest.

The new dictionary is endorsed by the North American Scrabble Players Association for recreational and school use, and sanctioned for use in official club and tournament play as of Dec. 1.

For the most serious players, however — including Mr. Chew who is a professional Scrabble consultant — a much longer list of allowable words is used at major tournaments. It includes even more Canadian words as well as ones not published in the Merriam-Webster edition, including “incredibly rude words,” said Mr. Chew.

The published Merriam-Webster book, he said, won’t even include the word “poo.”